They were placed on probation for one year and will receive a driver's license suspension of 90 days. Vican also ordered that they successfully complete the Drug and Alcohol Highway Safety Program.

Vican ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Knott after he also pleaded guilty to a charge of escape.

He also fined Mrs. Cope $25 each for summary driving offenses of driving without proper inspection and unauthorized use of registration.

Additionally, Vican accepted the following defendants into the ARD program:

- Earl Gaus, Gouldsboro, charged with Public Welfare fraud involving receipt of $776 worth of food stamps. He placed Gaus on probation for one year and directed him to make restitution.

- Nicholas Scarangello, East Stroudsburg R.4, charged with theft and criminal conspiracy, was placed on probation for two years and directed to make restitution in the amount of $5,000.

- Vincent Ciarlone, East Stroudsburg, charged with criminal attempt to commit theft by deception and unsworn falsification to authorities involving the theft of golf clubs, was placed on probation for six months.

- David Miller, East Stroudsburg, charged with terroristic threats to a former girlfriend, was placed on probation for two years.

- Elizabeth La Bar, Delaware Water Gap, charged with forgery, theft by deception and theft, was placed on probation for two years and directed to make restitution of $3,521.62 plus interest to the victim.

- Steven Smith, Cresco, and Michael Richwalski, Effort, both charged with criminal conspiracy and retail theft in assisting an employee of Hess's Department store to steal items valued at $1,279. Their ARD was granted because they both agreed to testify for the prosecution against the employee, Susan Praydick, Effort. The items were recovered.

Smith and Richwalski were placed on probation for one year.

Pre-sentence investigations were ordered by Vican for the following defendants who pleaded guilty to criminal charges: Alex Wolfe, Swiftwater, driving under the influence of alcohol, and Elsie Rutt, East Stroudsburg, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamines to a state narcotic agent for $165.

Vican accepted Robert Mintzer, Wayne, N.J., unto the ARD program and placed him on probation for six months. Mintzer, charged with criminal mischief, was also directed to make restitution in the amount of $715.

President Judge James R. Marsh accepted two defendants into the ARD program. He placed William Babbit, Pocono Summit, and Ronald Dibelka, Piscataway, N.J., on probation for one year for driving under the influence of alcohol. He also suspended their licenses for 90 days and ordered them to complete the Drug and Alcohol Highway Safety Program.

A pre-sentence investigation was ordered for Stephen Oswald Jr., East Stroudsburg R.4, after he pleaded guilty to one of two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.